Date: Sat, 20 May 2000 16:06:24 +0100 (BST) From: Robin Carey <bsc4093@dcs.napier.ac.uk> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: large file-sizes Message-ID: <Pine.SO4.4.01.10005201602060.672-100000@artemis> In-Reply-To: <20000519105151.A13502@fw.wintelcom.net>
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On Fri, 19 May 2000, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > * Robin Carey <bsc4093@dcs.napier.ac.uk> [000519 10:42] wrote: > > Hi. > > > > Am I right in thinking that FreeBSD/i386 can support large files (e.g. > > tera-bytes) under FFS, but cannot read more than a 32-bit integer ? > > FFS is 64 bit, off_t is a 64 bit quantity. > > > If this is the case, has anyone considered, for example, a 64-bit > > "virtual" integer interface to allow reading/writing files bigger than > > what can be stored in a 32-bit integer ? > > off_t :) OK - call me stupid :) But how does FreeBSD/i386 support 64-bit off_t's (on a 32-bit microprocessor) ? To clarify this: You're telling me I can read/write/lseek files bigger than 4-gigs ? cheers ... > > -- > -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] > "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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